H01R 4/4809
Using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
Official title: {using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar}
H01R4/4809 (Using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar) appears on 1,052 US grants and 1,030 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 1,052
- Published applications
- 1,030
- Assignees
- 376
- Inventors
- 1,488
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 18 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 14 |
| 2003 | 12 | 16 |
| 2004 | 27 | 16 |
| 2005 | 13 | 12 |
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| 2018 | 51 | 67 |
| 2019 | 65 | 57 |
| 2020 | 55 | 48 |
| 2021 | 45 | 55 |
| 2022 | 50 | 68 |
| 2023 | 54 | 55 |
| 2024 | 36 | 70 |
| 2025 | 29 | 61 |
| 2026 | 46 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01R 4/48185Adapted for axial insertion of a wire end881
- H01R 4/4846Busbar details693
- H01R 4/4828Spring-activating arrangements mounted on or integrally formed with the spring housing456
- H01R 4/484Spring housing details348
- H01R 4/4811Spring details164
- H01R 4/48455Insertion of a wire only possible by pressing on the spring15
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